Laura Plantation

RETURNING SOON!

Have your passport ready to enter the world of Creole Louisiana and experience what has been called “the best history tour in the U.S.”

This Creole plantation tour is based upon 5,000 pages of documents found in the French National Archives and upon Laura’s "Memories of the Old Plantation Home," in which she details 250 years of true-life stories of the Creole women, children, and enslaved people who lived and worked here.

Laura Plantation was awarded the “Top Travel Attraction in Louisiana” by the Louisiana Travel Promotion Association. It was also listed among “the top 25 most popular house museums in the U.S.” by the American Academy of Architecture and Design.

Your experience includes a guided tour of the "Big House" and gardens and self-guided tours of the daily life of those who worked the Laura Plantation and original its 1840s slave cabins.

The West African folktales of Compair Lapin (later known as Br'er Rabbit) were recorded here over 140 years ago.

On your journey to this historic plantation built in 1805, you'll also have the opportunity to enjoy a panoramic view of Lake Pontchartrain as you cross the Bonnet Carre Spillway (the flood outlet of the Mississippi River).

Travel past Whitney, Evergreen, Felicity & St. Joseph Plantations, ghosts of the past that front the Mississippi River, where rich crops of sugar cane, cotton, and indigo from these fertile lands once traveled to ports of trade.

This plantation is offered on these 2 combination tours:  

• Double Plantation with either Whitney Plantation or Oak Alley Plantation (7 1/4 hours).  Click here for further information.
• Plantation Combo, Brunch, & Cajun Swamp Experience with Oak Alley Plantation & Swamp Tour (8 3/4 hours).  Click here for further information.